Mental Health Mentor
- Location:
- Forth Valley College Stirling Campus Drip Road, FK8 1SE
- Salary:
- £32,040 - £33,763 per year
- Contract Type:
- Temporary
- Position Type:
- Part Time
- Hours:
- 35 hours per week
Job Description
Mental Health Mentor
£32,040 - £33,763 (pro-rata)
35 hours per week, term time (accrued holidays will be pre-allocated to non term time periods)
Based at Stirling Campus (some cross campus work will be required)
Fixed term to March 2025
You will support students referred to the service on a one to one basis. You will support students who are experiencing moderate to high levels of poor mental health or have a diagnosed mental health condition and the emphasis of this service will be around supporting students to sustain and achieve at college while developing the personal resilience skills and capacity building to navigate life after college, in a mental health context. You will also be involved in the delivery of workshops to class groups promoting positive mental health and wellbeing strategies, and building resilience.
With an HNC (or equivalent) in an appropriate subject, or significant relevant experience in the specialist area, you will have experience supporting service users with their mental health, the skills to deploy various approaches to supporting our students with their mental health and, ideally, an understanding of supporting mental health in an education context.
*Pay award confirmed for 1 September 2024*
Please note the College is currently undergoing a National Job Evaluation process and therefore all salaries are subject to the outcome of this process.